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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






2. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






3. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






4. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






5. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






6. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






7. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






8. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






9. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






10. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






11. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






12. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






13. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






14. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






15. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






16. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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17. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






18. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






19. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






20. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






21. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






22. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






23. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






24. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






25. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






26. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






27. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






28. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






29. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






30. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






31. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






32. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






33. Academic Language Therapy Association






34. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






35. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






36. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






37. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






38. Closed syllable






39. Multisensory Structured Language Education






40. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






41. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






42. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






43. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






44. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






45. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






46. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






47. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






48. Whole body learning






49. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






50. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin







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